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SOTS 2nd Hour: Breaking News at UnitedHealth, and A Deep Dive with OpenAI’s Sam Altman 12/4/24

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Investing, Business

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

At the top of the hour: Carl Quintanilla, David Faber, and Leslie Picker listened in to OpenAI Co-Founder & CEO Sam Altman, live from the New York Times Dealbook Summit. Key topics? The future of AI, the company’s partnership with Microsoft, and Elon Musk. The team also broke down Salesforce results, as shares gained on a top and bottom-line beat. Also in focus: breaking news at UnitedHealth, after an executive was fatally shot in Manhattan ahead of the company’s investor day. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Let's get to a deal book where we're beginning to hear from OpenAI CEO, Sam Alman.

0:06.0

Work, communicate, innovate, and now think about what our future is even going to be like.

0:11.0

His company is now worth about $157 billion.

0:14.0

And I should say open AI didn't just spark an arms race.

0:18.0

It really redefined the possibilities of technology. And as he pushes towards

0:23.6

general or AI, I should say, artificial general intelligence, we're forced to grapple with some very

0:28.8

big questions about the future of work, about the balance of power, about ethical questions and

0:33.8

so many other things. And we're going to delve in to all of that with Sam. So thank you, the man at the center of it all.

0:40.5

Thanks, man.

0:41.0

Great to see you.

0:42.2

So here's what we want to start.

0:43.7

Two years ago, almost to this week, basically, you launched ChatGPT.

0:50.0

And I think it's fair to say that when you press the button, since then, all hell is broken loose.

0:57.3

You know, it does feel like that.

0:59.0

It has changed the global conversation.

1:00.9

It has changed fundraising, priorities, the move of resources.

1:04.5

Other technology companies have shifted the way they're doing things.

1:08.1

There have been lawsuits.

1:10.2

All of it.

1:11.2

And so I'm very curious if you can just take us back two years ago, literally almost,

1:14.7

as I said, to the day or to the week.

1:17.2

And what you thought was going to happen when you press the button?

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